Special thanks to Arrow Exterminators for providing a complimentary pest control session for my review, as well as for a giveaway. All thoughts and opinions are my own.
So last week my favorite pest control company on the planet rolled up to my front door to help me handle a little problem I was having with the neighborhood mean girls. You know the ones…
I’m talking about mosquitoes. And not any and all mosquitoes, my friends. Just the girls!!! The service professional that Arrow sent out was a certified entomologist (that’s a fancy way of saying “bug genius”) and he told me that not all mosquitoes bite, and that the ones that do bite are always the females. The males are actually pollinators, just like bees! Say what?! In fact, when Arrow comes out to treat a property, they will not spray flowering plants as that is where the boy mosquitoes like to hang out. As for the girls? They aren’t interested in nectar. They are on an all-blood diet. And they REALLY REALLY REALLY like my blood. That makes them officially uninvited to my backyard.
Arrow Exterminators offers a service where they will treat your property once a month during mosquito season, and the session is super quick. My yard (which is on the small side) was completely treated with 3 gallons of chemicals that are ONLY harmful to mosquitoes in 15 minutes flat. I noticed that they sprayed in some interesting spots, including along the siding of the house (evidently a place where the “mean girls” really love to hang out) and on lower-lying branches. The treatment was quick, but also quite thorough!
Last summer I wrote a helpful post all about how to get rid of mosquitoes. Definitely go back and give that a good read. I just did and it reminded me to make a few changes in the backyard right away (I’m looking at you, weird, overgrown plant by our back deck). But for immediate relief, definitely get in touch with your nearest Arrow Exterminators location and schedule a treatment. Remember to cut your grass just before your appointment, and schedule it for a day that will be dry and ideally not very windy. Those are the ideal conditions for optimal application! 🙂 You also need to let the product dry for 4 hours before getting back out there to play. The product lasts for approximately a month before its effects have worn off and a new application is needed.
Since we had our yard treated, we have been outside to play and even to eat a few meals on the back deck. Not one time have I been bitten, and trust me when I say if there is a mosquito within a 1000 foot radius of me, she will find me and bite me. But there’s a force field around my house keeping all those mean girls out for the next 4 weeks. Thank you, Arrow Exterminators for helping me reclaim my yard! 🙂
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We’re actually Arrow customers–have been for a few years now. They’re awesome!! We just moved to a new construction home, and have (had, rather!) a horrible problem with these tiny millipedes invading our new home. I called Arrow a few weeks ago, they came out, and the problem is fixed, yay! While we were building this place, we lived in a rental house that had a horrible German roach infestation (gagging). We used Arrow there as well. They’re the best! We use the Cumming, GA location on Kelly Mill Rd.
the closest one would be Hughes in Tampa Florida would love to win this I have so many mosquitoes here at my house it has been raining everyday this past week and I know they are out there waiting to get me..
The Arrow Exterminator office near me is called Clearwater Hughes Exterminators. They also do termites, fleas and wildlife control. Mosquitos are always bad by me and the fleas are just as bad. I’d like to get rid of both of those bloodsuckers.
Hughes Exterminators in Florida.
My nearest is:
Lake Norman
Arrow Exterminators
145 W. Statesville Ave.
Mooresville, NC 28115
Our office is Melbourne
Arrow Exterminators
3600 N. Harbor City Blvd
Melbourne, FL 32935
I would be using:
Hughes Exterminators – Tampa
A wholly owned subsidiary of Arrow Exterminators
5325 Kelly Rd
Tampa, FL 33615
Telephone: 813-884-1555
Ours is Hughes Exterminators
Lawrenceville Arrow Exterminators
Thanks for sharing your experience! We thought about doing something like this but have been hesitant in case it didn’t work well.
Arrow Exterminators, Glasgow, KY
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My nearest exterminator is Fort Walton Arrow Exterminators
We would use the Canton office
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What a great giveaway!
My nearest exterminator is
Fayetteville Arrow Exterminators
125A Industrial Way
Fayetteville, GA 30214